
The white living room is like a clean sheet, on which you can draw any image. The black and white interior of the living room is at the peak of modern fashion. It can be seen in small apartments and country houses.
Content:
Do not think that the monochrome combination you quickly get bored. Despite the monotony of a black and white dress code has many advantages:
- It creates the illusion of space.
- Underlines the merits of furniture.
- It does not tire the eye and does not bother.
- The beginning designer will cope with an objective.
The result of such a duet can be bright and individual. To achieve the desired effect, you can use the "bright spots". As a supplement, I suggest using it in the interior. following tones:
Elegant cushions will help to add comfort, while interior accessories will add juicy accents. Original backlighting and beautiful curtains transform living room.
In addition, I propose to give the room a little natural freshness. This can be done with the help of decorative leafy or flowering plants in beautiful flowerpots.
The illusion of space, tips and tricks
Have you chosen a living room design in black and white? First of all, estimate the dimensions of the space. I recommend using not tricky techniques:
- White color will increase the small living room. It will add to its atmosphere of transparent weightlessness.
- Raise the ceiling space with black walls and white sex.
- To create a square sensation in a narrow, rectangular living room will help the “chess order”: a white long wall - short black.
- White color should lead.
- The combination of black and white can have geometric patterns or floral prints. Geometry contributes masculinity, and floral decisions are associated with femininity.
- Original looks if one of the walls will be plastered photo wallpaper. The plot may have natural or urban motifs.
- Floor carpet, having a fluffy and soft texture, visually smooths the contrast of lines and combinations.
- Dark furniture looks advantageously against the white walls, and white furniture solo on the black background.
- Massive furniture is best combined with wall ornaments.
- White color reflects light as much as possible, while black absorbs it.
Color combination
What combinations will look better? Let's consider several options.
return to menu ↑Gray-white living or exquisite rigor
Gray color was undeservedly forgotten and in the past was considered nondescript. He got a new life in modern interiors. The cool gray color combined with the purity of white turns the living room into a precious treasure.
Gray strikes us with the colors of a cloudy sky, rich mouse, silver, steel or smoky. Consider the popular design options:
- Classic: dark gray floor, light gray walls, light ceiling.
- Original: light floor, dark gray walls, light gray ceiling.
- Pathetic: light gray floor, light walls, dark gray shelves.
With all due respect to these two noble shades, their dialogue will be boring without bright accents. Try using design tricks:
At the end of the image we place large outdoor plants in high pots in a prominent place. The windows are decorated with plain curtains. Cold tones of the fabric will add elegance to the interior, and warm ones will create a cosiness in it.
Do not forget about the bright cushions, they should be a lot. Do you have bright furniture? Super! In this case, pillows choose a saturated gray-mouse color.
Color rules, tips and tricks
The combination is well combined with a multi-colored palette. They will make a good company:
- pleasant green, lime shades. They refresh and give the interior natural motifs;
- extravagant red will add passion to the interior;
- yellow color will saturate the living room with energy;
- shades of purple will create a sense of independence;
- blue is similar in nature to gray. It will help smooth transitions;
- violet, lavender, lilac - caressed look exquisite tenderness;
- burgundy, ink, purple emphasize the depth of character.
If you are a courageous person, then I will recommend you to “beat” the living room with a red chair or a yellow sofa. This sight looks just amazing! The delight of the guests you will be provided in this case.
The pros of a living room:
- visually increases square meters;
- Looks elegant and refined.
And yet, friends, be careful!If the interior of the living room too much dark gray, it can cause a sense of a gloomy castle.
return to menu ↑White-brown living room - practical elitism
The interior of the living room of this color combines comfort and practicality. Their composition creates a sense of elitism and peace. Brown has a lot of warm tones.
The duet is in demand in the interiors of modern living rooms. Psychologists say that people of conservative views choose it and they have good reasons for that:
- brown is the color of natural wood;
- relieves stress and gives positive emotions;
- does not look sharp and defiant;
- adjusts to emotional communication;
- fits perfectly with classic and rustic styles;
- is practical and does not bother;
- Looks fashionable, neat and well-groomed.
From the side it may seem that there is nothing difficult in arranging the living room in white and brown tones. I want to warn you, there are "pitfalls" here:
- The predominance of brown can overload the interior with a dark color.
- In a small-sized living room brown should be 70% less than white.
- Dark brown furniture should be the only one in the interior of a white living room.
Designer Design Tips
In practice, several variants of the composition of white and all brown shades are used. Which one to choose, you decide:
- brown floors, white walls and ceiling;
- light ceiling with brown beams, light walls, brown floor.
- light floor, brown walls, light ceiling;
- light brown walls, brown floor, snow-white ceiling.
I prefer to add minor bright details of an interior to a two-color drawing room. The most beneficial combined and most often used:
- blue;
- turquoise;
- aquamarine;
- red;
- Orange;
- lime;
- pistachio;
- yellow.
Be careful with shades of purple and lilac, as well as tones of burgundy and dark blue.
In a large, bright living room, you can hang brown curtains, and in a large living room is not better to draw a window with a cloth of light or rich colors.
Brown looks good on the white floor carpetand brown sofa decorate turquoise or orange pillows in combination with similar curtains. An extravagant detail can be a red lampshade or yellow upholstery of chairs.
Wicker furniture and large vegetation will fit well into this living room interior.
return to menu ↑Red and white living room
Red is associated with fire, strength, beauty and passion. It improves appetite, activates eyesight, and encourages communication. White is purity, peace and virginity. They complement each other's special features.
Making such a living room is not easy. Such an idea can be compared with walking on a knife blade. One mistake made can disturb balance and harmony.
- Red color visually increases objects.
- A red sofa or carpet will be appropriate only in a spacious room.
- The romantic tone of the room will be set in soft red hues, so the lighting gets a pleasant, pinkish color.
- The red-and-white living room combines well with black, gray and beige.
Have you decided to try the living room design in white and red? Please do not rush to stick red wallpapers on all four walls. Stop focusing on one vertical surface. A rich turquoise color will help to neutralize aggressive red.
The interior of such a living room I advise you to add large objects of red. For example, floor vases, pillows or lampshade.
return to menu ↑White and lilac - mystical union
Not often you can find a living room decorated in these colors. I think that people completely avoid their combination. With them, the atmosphere of the room becomes foggy and mystical, luxurious and almost weightless.
The extraordinary lilac color is fraught with coolness, pacification and an extraterrestrial sensation of reality.
Lilac shades are classically combined with white and gray. In this living room you can safely add brown paint. Lilac is the color of luxury and magic. It harmonizes well with emerald, malachite and turquoise.
Successfully look the following design options:
- The walls and ceiling are snow-white, the floors are beige, the curtains and the sofa are lilac, the furniture is brown, the accessories are the color of malachite.
- Lilac walls, white furniture, light gray curtains, turquoise accessories.
- The floor is light, the walls are two-tone, brown furniture, navy accessories.
Lilac floors are very rare, but they also have the right to exist.
Want to be super-original? Then the lilac floor in the white living room is made for you. We complement the room with purple furniture and lavender-colored curtains. Make the walls white.
A bold design solution will be to add yellow, orange or pink "spots" to the interior of the room. It can be a floor lamp, chandelier, floor carpet or chair.
return to menu ↑We update everything in a new way
Before you decide on a drastic change, think over all the details so as not to overpay the room with white.
return to menu ↑Floors
The feeling of genuine purity will give your living room a trendy white floor. They look elegant and will be the main decoration of the interior.
We use a shade close to white: ivory, baked milk, opal, moon or coconut.
Advantages of a light floor:
- harmonizes with any colors of the rainbow;
- visually expands the space;
- creates a feeling of air flight;
- soothes and relieves stress;
- balances the contrast of dark furniture;
- on light floors, dust is least visible;
- overwhelms the room with light.
Light floors are:
White floor suitable for any space. The main thing is that according to the invoice it does not break the general harmony.
Fireplace - we realize fantasies
Do you think white fireplace atypical? Let me disagree. Just look at how it fits well into the interior of a modern living room and the question disappears by itself.
Fireplace - luxurious and aristocratic. It makes the room spacious and creates a cozy atmosphere in it. This option is suitable for the most daring design decisions.
Having a private “home” in the living room became quite accessible with the advent of electric fireplaces. Their advantages: safe to maintain and do not require time-consuming care.
All those lucky enough to become owners of a private house will want to have an open fireplace. The natural center can be decorated with granite, white rock, bricked up or lined with decorative textured tiles.
Its installation requires a lot of money, but the living flame and the sound of wood crackles evoke the traditions of antiquity and excite emotions.
Visually transform the snow-white living room is capable of a decorative fireplace, made of ordinary drywall. A good idea is to install a bio or electric fireplace inside it. Try to show imagination, and also attach a little skill.
return to menu ↑Furniture in the interior - a game of imagination
Elegant white furniture will help fill the living room with light. She looks great and is considered a sign of aristocracy. Furniture can be glossy, matte or have other natural shades.
Someone might say: "Light furniture is devoid of practicality." I do not think so. This color is much more practical than black and brown. It is not visible dust, and heavy pollution is not allowed on any furniture.
Light leather sofa, bleached oak table, carved sideboard or white modular wall create a feeling of purity and celebration. They visually increase the space, pushing its boundaries.
In order for the room not to look like a hospital ward, the white color must be compensated by contrasting elements of the interior. This is not difficult to do, because this tone is not capricious. It looks great in a company with any color.
If the windows of your living room overlook the south side, then feel free to add to the white furniture "neighbors" of cold colors. Accordingly, if you have the northern side, then the interior details should be warm shades.
Upholstered white furniture can have cotton, tapestry or leather upholstery. Be careful with the leatherette, it can cause a lot of problems.
White furniture in the living room harmonizes well with any wall and floor decoration. Choose what you want. Will suit you:
- red;
- brown;
- all shades of green;
- pink;
- purple;
- the black;
- blue.
White furniture will make all your decisions, without exception.
return to menu ↑Choosing a style
Provence? Loft? Or a classic? Each has its own nuances and features that attract. Learn all the details and create.
return to menu ↑In the style of Provence - a French fairy tale in the apartment
Style Provence - This is a fresh breath of wind, the Mediterranean sun and lavender fields. Historically, this color in it is of paramount importance. On its background they play with pastel colors, as if faded under the sun:
- pistachio;
- mustard;
- light pink;
- blue;
- pale lilac;
- all shades of brown.
Living room in Provence style is full of comfort, simplicity and naturalness. She is devoid of luxury and glamor. Characteristic features of the style:
- Antique furniture made of natural wood. It can be painted with paint and patina elements.
- Sofas, chairs and armchairs should be upholstered in natural materials.
- Floor carpets are natural, with a short nap, as close as possible to natural motifs.
- Floral prints, stripes, small cells.
- Bright hues.
- Abundance of living colors.
- Lace, linen, sewing, cotton.
- Pillows candles, wicker details of the interior, mirrors in the old frames and "grandmother's" chests.
- The abundance of light, large windows and light curtains.
- Multi-track chandeliers.
- Metals: bronze, silver, brass, copper.
- Fireplace! Without it, you can not do.
Walls in Provence style are finished with plaster, in extreme cases, they are covered with wallpaper, taking into account the style. Floors should be made of wood or floorboard. Bleached ceiling, preferably with the presence of rustic beams.
Loft in the heart
Destination Loft reconcile the combination of old and new. It gets along with metal and brick, glass and plaster. Loft - the style of modernity.
Loft-style living room can have industrial details or be expressive. The white ceiling will increase the square meters, and the light furniture will emphasize cleanliness and smooth the contrasting transitions.. You do not like pipes? Then use the ceiling beams in the loft a * la "attic".
- Walls can be laid out with artificial white brick or plaster.
- The flooring can be any, from aged board to porcelain. An excellent solution is zoning with various materials.
- Upholstered furniture is upholstered with matting, leather, burlap. The main thing is not any floral prints and romance.
- Lighting can be ceiling-point, floor or wall. In any case, the loft chandelier should be as simple as possible and devoid of frills.
- A bit of lively vegetation for a white living room loft does not hurt.
Classic - the triumph of harmony
Fashion does not stand still, one style replaces another, but time has no power over an elegant and delightful classical style. White classics are always solemn and harmonious. It differs symmetry of forms, quality of furniture and decoration.
White color of a classical interior is allowed to be diluted with quiet tones. The color palette should not be defiant. I advise you to use a combination of white and brown with the presence of:
- calm green;
- olive;
- Bordeaux colors;
- cherry;
- crimson;
- lilac;
- gray;
- blue;
- other natural shades.
Let's learn the laws of the classical style:
- Symmetry and severity of lines. The space should be divided in such a way that conditional lines can be drawn between the interior details.
- The elegance of form. Classic style is typical for elegant decoration. However, there is no excessive pomp and gilt abundance in it.
- Natural breathing. White classic living room should be created using natural materials for walls, ceiling, floor, furniture, as well as for other elements (stone, natural fabric, wood, brushed metal).
- Shine. Lighting should be naturally soft. The large windows give natural light in the afternoon, and in the evening under the ceiling chandeliers of the 15th century light up. I recommend you to use additional lighting.
- Accessories. Cushions, mirrors, clocks, books, vases, figurines, candlesticks, picturesque paintings depicting landscapes in intricate frames and living outdoor plants.
Undoubtedly, the main highlight of your living room will be a fireplace. Without it, the classic ceases to exist.
In high-tech style - the choice of young and bold
The white living room in high-tech style is suitable for people who know the price of every minute of time. She is completely devoid of excesses and the most restrained in color. Let's try to present it:
- Glass and metal (they are used to expand the space).
- The walls are white, smooth, for painting, plaster.
- Ceramic on the floor tile or laminate.
- Chairs and table made of plastic or glass.
- Monofunctional cabinet furniture, doors and window openings have the most strict outlines and geometry of forms.
- Technique only the latest generation.
- Lighting is preferably wall, outdoor.
- Blinds are made of non-complex materials, blinds can be used.
- The presence of accessories is minimal: sofa cushions or one big black and white picture.
- Warm notes in a high-tech white living room will add a solid fluffy floor carpet.
- Natural charm will be presented to her by home plants in floor pots of strict forms or a huge aquarium with bright and unusual fishes.
Complementing the white color, stick to black, gray, beige or sand.. They can be glossy or with a cold sheen of metal.
Red, orange, brick or terracotta colors are acceptable as bright spots that accentuate attention.
In the style of minimalism - convenience without excess
White minimalist living room should be large, aesthetic and comfortable. Her motto is “denial of useless luxury and bohemian lifestyle.”
Here it is important to observe the zoning rule, where each zone has its own functions and features. Zoning is carried out by racks, shelves, shelves or light partitions. All these devices must be monofunctional and serve to store household items or books.
I offer you the laws of minimalism:
- The walls are plain. They can be painted or decoratively plastered. Partial use of wood panels or imitation of brickwork is allowed.
- The floor is as smooth as possible: self-leveling, parquet, laminated, cork. Comfortable notes of the interior will give not too bright floor carpet.
- The ceiling is white and even. It is decorated with chandeliers and additional lighting elements installed in an original way.
- Windows as large as possible. Curtains are white, gray or brown. They can be replaced with classic blinds.
- Materials for the decoration of the living room in the style of minimalism and furniture should be natural, or their quality imitation.
Making a living room in the style of minimalism, a person learns to manage with a minimal amount of useful things and quickly gets rid of unnecessary stuff!
return to menu ↑Who is the snow-white living room?
The white living room interior is suitable for business people with a high sense of taste. It is preferred by all those who love perfection. Such a person is usually open to the outside world, he has a rich and sensual nature.
To give preference to the color of milk and snow means - denial of barriers and proclaiming the freedom of opportunity.. White is the color of equality, it is emptiness. That is why you can do anything with it.
Perhaps the day is coming when your living room opens its doors to white color. Meet the guests in your house and create beauty around you.
Living room design
Choose white color